The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Craig Mokhiber on the “Imperial Boomerang”: How U.S. War Tactics Abroad Are Now Used at Home

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In the following interview with the hosts of BreakThrough News , former UN human right’s official Craig Mokhiber explains how repression a...
Friday, January 30, 2026

The Path Ahead . . .

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. . . is clear despite the chaos. It is always clear. That path is to do what we can, to control our focus, responses, and actions so...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Bruce Springsteen and the Streets of Minneapolis in the Winter of ’26

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the cit...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

“They Were Alive. Then They Were Not”

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Early this morning my friend Kathleen and I visited the people’s memorial for Alex Pretti at the site of his murder by Border Patrol agen...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Adam Serwer on How “Every Social Theory Undergirding Trumpism Has Been Broken on the Steel of Minnesotan Resolve”

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T he number of Minnesotans resisting the federal occupation is so large that relatively few could be characterized as career activists. They...

In the Face of Fascist Lies, MN Governor Tim Walz Sets the Record Straight

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Minnesota Govenor Tim Walz has an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal . I share it in its entirety below. _______________ The Un-Amer...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

George Conway: The Trump Administration Is a “Criminal Organization”

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T hey lie. That’s what this is about. They are lying and creating an after-the-fact excuse for [the] murder [of Alex Pretti ]. And this is ...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Honoring Alex Pretti

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Earlier this evening thousands of Minnesotans gathered in their neighborhoods to hold candlelight vigils for Alex Pretti , a 37-year-old in...

“Organized Sustained Systemic Resistance and Self-Defense Are Our Only Options”

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Says Butch Ware , Green Party candidate for Governor of California, who grew up in Minnesota . . . Y esterday we saw the biggest general...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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